Hashan,

I applaud you on your goals. Although I do hold some fondness for Eleusis, I cannot pretend to be incensed at this admission. Destruction for the sake of destruction is a worthy cause. I despise all Hashani with all of my heart, and it is a shame that you may one day hold this power. Those of weak mind, body, and faith should not be given such tools. May I suggest handing such technology over to me, so I may obliterate those who make life in this decaying, dying realm much more difficult.

Mariselle,

You speak like an ignorant child, although it is not your fault. This lie that Ashtan actively pushes Oblivion closer is wrong. I am sure you have been taught such things in your faulty, insulated educational institutions which reside in your shitty little mountain town.

The truth is, as it always has been, that Oblivion will come regardless of who or what is around at the time. It is inevitable, it was inevitable, it will always be inevitable. So you may continue living a purposeless, futile life of arts and pleasures (or apply any of your equally idiotic tenets and practices, Sapience) or you can accept that truth. The choice is yours, do not wail and gnash your teeth when the time comes. For those with less interest in being some lackey for those powers that wish to twist and contort them into some stepping-stone, you know where to look.

Penned by my hand on the 4th of Miraman, in the year 986 AF.